whelwryght
Middle English
/ˌʍeːlˈwrixt/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A person employed in building and maintaining wheels; a wheelmaker.
- (rare) A person involved with or connected to wheels.
Etymology
Affix from Middle English whele (wheel, boil) + Middle English wrighte.
Origin
Middle English
wrighte
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wheal English
- wheel English
- wheelwright English
- wright English
- *hwele Old English
- hwēogol Old English
- hwēol Old English
- wyrhta Old English
- whele Middle English
- whelebarow Middle English
- whelen Middle English
- wheler Middle English
- whelyn Middle English
- wrighte Middle English
- quheil, quhel Scots